So I got curious and ran down to the store during lunch. bottle date was 2/24/10 for 7.99. I was going to try it but alas, the fiver in my wallet was not enough.

Well is says here (http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/our_beers/3.php) on their website that they don't offer the brown and the oatmeal stout in bottles anymore...so that sixer must be from before they stopped doing that. I think it was sometime this year that they decided to stop bottling those 2 beers.

suppose that was their last bottling. they had about 6 6 packs. maybe i should snap them up. i have never tried it. i am more of a lager drinker but i have truly enjoyed their honkers and 312 in the past

You should check it out for sure. I don't know about buying them all, you might not like it then you'll have a bunch of it that you won't want to drink. Can't wait for the Harvest Ale to come out, that's some tasty stuff.